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FIVE UNDER PAR 64 WINS MIDLAND ALLIANCE

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE PAYS FOR 

GRAEME BROWN AT MONTROSE LINKS

This week the Midland Golfers Allian

ce held their meeting at Montrose Links over the Medal course. Local assistant professional Graeme Brown, pictured, won the scratch prize with a five-under-par score of 64 over the Winter Course.
It was Brown's second win over the last three Alliance fixtures. He won by two strokes at Arbroath in mid-February.
Blairgowrie assistant Neil Cameron finished runner-up at Montrose with a 65 

Bill Crosbie, who plays off five at Blairgowrie,  won the handicap prize with a net score of 64. 

LEADING SCRATCH

Par 69

64 G Brown (Montrose) ap. 

65 N Cameron (Blairgowrie) ap

67 F Mann (Carnoustie) p, J Strachan (Montrose)

69 B Crosbie (Blairgowrie), A Webster (Edzell) p

70 S Craig (Germany) p, S Rennie (Brechin) p

 71 J Smith (Charleton), G Tough (Edzell), M Pirie (Pitlochry) p, E Rae (Arbroath).

LEADING HANDICAP

64 B Crosbie (Blairgowrie) (5).

65 J Strachan (Montrose) (2).

66 E Rae (Arbroath) (5).

68 B Neil (St Andrews) (14), J Smith (Charleton) (3), A Mason (Thornton) (9),  S Arbuthnott (Arbroath) (5), A Duncan (Murrayshall) (4).

71 K Bruce (Edzell) (1), N Wilson (Ladybank) (10).

Qualifiers for the JTC Kitchen Express Midland Golfers’ Alliance Championship in April at Monifieth Links:

N Cameron (Blairgowrie), A Mason (Thornton),  S Arbuthnott (Arbroath)

Qualifiers for the JTC Kitchen Express McQueen Shield at Monifieth Links in April:

J Strachan (Montrose)

Next Meeting 

Tuesday, March 4

Venue: Monifieth 

Sponsored by W H Miller

Tee reserved: 8.30am to 12.30

Lee Sutherland 

STIRLING'S IRISH STUDENT SHARVIN CLAIMS LAST Q SPOT

CRAIG ROSS FAILS TO MAKE MATCH 

PLAY STAGES OF SPANISH CH'SHIP
 
Kirkhill's Craig Ross, the only Scot in the field, failed to figure
among the 32 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Spanish
men's amateur championship at La Reserva Golf Club, Sotogrande today.
Craig had rounds of 79 and 72 for a total of 151 over the par-73 course.
The last of the 32 qualifiers was Stirling University's Irish student, Cormack Sharvin with rounds of 74 and 75 for 149.
He will play the No 1 qualifier, Spain's Victor Pastor Rufian who shot 73-66 for 139.

SPANISH MEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
La Reserva Golf Club, Sotogrande
MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Par 146 (2x73)
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2 DI NITTO, ENRICO XXXXXITA02 73 67 140
KINHULT, MARCUS XXXXXSWE01 70 70 140
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SOEGAAD, MADS XXXXXDEN00 70 72 142
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9 BEM, LÉONARD XXXXXFRA14 76 69 145
FERRER MERCANT, TONI BP02286033 71 74 145
MARSH, NICK XXXXXENG02 71 74 145
12 GORNIK, TIM XXXXXSLO00 80 66 146
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MCELROY, DERMOT XXXXXIRE03 75 71 146
COUSSAUD, UGO XXXXXFRA18 70 76 146
16 BRIDGES, RICHARD XXXXXIRE08 77 70 147
LENEHAN, GEOFF XXXXXIRE05 76 71 147
LIPPARELLI , EDOARDO RAFFAELE XXXXXITA05 74 73 147
LÓPEZ, SIGOT CMA8429962 74 73 147
20 CHESTERS, ASHLEY XXXXXENG03 79 69 148
HEMMERICH LORNE, CHRIS XXXXXCAN00 74 74 148
TINNING, NICOLAI XXXXXDEN03 74 74 148
NOERGAARD MOELLER, NIKLAS XXXXXDEN05 74 74 148
BERNA MANZANARES, DANIEL 7753195538 74 74 148
LEANDRO RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS AM07323921 72 76 148
MCCORMICK, JAMES XXXXXENG07 72 76 148
27 GOGER, ROBIN XXXXXAUS04 81 68 149
SAUNDERS, MICHAEL XXXXXENG21 79 70 149
ESMATGES RIU, ALEJANDRO CB35330810 76 73 149
VAN WEST, ROBBIE XXXXXNET02 75 74 149
VEYRET, VICTOR XXXXXFRA03 75 74 149
SHARVIN, CORMAC XXXXXIRE13 74 75 149



DID NOT QUALIFY FOR MATCH PLAY
GALIANO AGUILAR, MARIO AM11343014 72 77 149
34 SALAMA MONSALVE, JUAN CM02295541 80 70 150
FOOS, DOMINIC XXXXXGER15 79 71 150
PENGE, MARCO XXXXXENG17 77 73 150
HABELER, MARKUS XXXXXAUS01 77 73 150
KOLBERG, FLORIAN XXXXXTUR00 76 74 150
PANES CAPDEVILA, JORDI CB05332583 76 74 150
MANIFACIER, NICOLAS XXXXXFRA08 75 75 150
ELISSALDE, PAUL XXXXXFRA05 75 75 150
EVANS, RYAN XXXXXENG28 75 75 150
CARR, OLIVER XXXXXENG22 75 75 150
SOLDATI , TEODORO XXXXXITA15 74 76 150
DAYDOU, ALEXANDRE XXXXXFRA13 74 76 150
46 MORAGO AYRA, DAVID CB08358141 80 71 151
ROSS, CRAIG XXXXXSCO00 79 72 151
LARRAZABAL COROMINAS, ALEJANDRO CB05407212 79 72 151
AMACHER, EDOUARD XXXXXSWI03 77 74 151
MULLEN, JIMMY XXXXXENG09 76 75 151
LONG, HURLY XXXXXGER09 75 76 151
MCCULLEN, HAYDN XXXXXENG12 73 78 151L
53 SCALISE , LORENZO XXXXXITA06 80 72 152
ILIC, CEDOMIR XXXXXSER00 79 73 152
MORENO LINARES, EDER CM11219752 76 76 152
GOROSPE GURIDI, XABIER VB09318741 74 78 152
58 HUME, JACK XXXXXIRE10 73 79 152
GRAU TOMAS, NOEL LV09318027 84 69 153
SUBREGIS, KENNY XXXXXFRA15 80 73 153
WHITSON, REEVE XXXXXIRE14 78 75 153
MIGLIOZZI , GUIDO XXXXXITA08 78 75 153
PAEZ WEINBAUM, FEDERICO BP00283164 78 75 153
VEGA SEOANE SAEZ, SANTIAGO CM11089454 77 76 153
SCHOEB, GRÉGOIRE XXXXXFRA16 76 77 153
LILJA MOYANO, LEONARDO AXEL AM57240048 76 77 153
GREHAN , STUART XXXXXIRE16 76 77 153
68 LE BERRE, THOMAS XXXXXFRA11 71 82 153
LEWIS SMITH, JORDAN XXXXXENG29 80 74 154
WITTMANN, SEBASTIAN XXXXXAUS03 80 74 154
GUERREIRO CARLOTA, JOÃO XXXXXPOR03 79 75 154
GUASCONI , JACOPO XXXXXITA11 79 75 154
73 REITAN, KRISTOFFER XXXXXNOR00 79 75 154
DAMMERT, CHRISTOPHER XXXXXGER03 80 75 155
ETLIN, JORIS XXXXXFRA12 80 75 155
DEL REY GONZALEZ, ALEJANDRO CM52302511 79 76 155
ESPOSITO MENARD, HUGO CM11289375 79 76 155
DUARTE GASPAR, RAFAEL XXXXXPOR04 78 77 155
BOTTA, LUIGGI XXXXXITA03 78 77 155
GIRRBACH, JOEL XXXXXSWI02 78 77 155
HOWARD, PAUL XXXXXENG13 77 78 155
NOVAK, VITEK XXXXXCZE00 77 78 155
MATSUI , TAKAYUKI XXXXXITA17 77 78 155
SAINZ DELGADO, JAVIER VB04234646 77 78 155
85 CULLA LEAL, RAFA LV01238287 76 79 155
PLANT, ALFIE XXXXXENG04 86 70 156
OTAEGUI JAUREGUI, JAVIER VB14395408 79 77 156
88 TISSERAND, HUBERT XXXXXFRA09 79 77 156
PAYA VILA, SALVADOR LV01311178 84 73 157
90 SAGOO, PAVAN XXXXXENG16 79 78 157
TURNER, ASHTON XXXXXENG00 83 75 158
WHITAKER, SAM XXXXXENG05 81 77 158
JOHNSON, LUKE XXXXXENG25 79 79 158
KEUNEN, LARS XXXXXNET01 79 79 158
95 VECCHI FOSSA , JACOPO XXXXXITA14 78 80 158
KRISTENSEN , NICOLAI XXXXXDEN06 85 74 159
97 LIPOLD, LUKAS XXXXXAUS02 78 81 159
O DONOVAN, RICHARD XXXXXIRE02 84 77 161
POLADURA LOPEZ, JAVIER CP31358932 82 79 161
OELFKE, MAXIMILIAM XXXXXGER00 82 79 161
101 SIMON DE MIGUEL, JORGE CM05252545 76 85 161
102 HIRMER, MICHAEL XXXXXGER02 79 84 163
103 CAÑIZARES LLORCA, ALEJANDRO LV02323319 87 77 164
VILLIGER, ADRIAN XXXXXSWI01 88 77 165
BOWER, JAMIE XXXXXENG24 87 78 165
MATEO MATEO, JOSE AMH6342457 86 79 165
107 ZENO, FELDER XXXXXSWI00 85 80 165
ENRIQUE MARIN SANTANDER AM03347649 90 76 166
PABLO RODRIGUEZ-TABERNERO TORRES AM85320379 90 76 166
BALLESTEROS BOTIN, JAVIER 1101198988 82 84 166
111 VAN VEEN, VINCE XXXXXNET00 80 86 166
RIPPER, JULIAN XXXXXUSA00 86 81 167
BENITO BARRIENTOS, JAIME CMA8306903 81 86 167
KESKARI, MARTIN XXXXXGER14 80 87 167
115 FRIESZ, JAN XXXXXSLK00 79 88 167
116 BONDIA GIL, JOSE LV02146182 Ret
117 WILLIAMS, MAX XXXXXENG27 Ret
DIAMOND, HARRY XXXXXIRE07 Ret

DEFENDING CHAMPION LAWRENCE BEATS SCOTT GIBSON AT 20TH

SCOTS CHALLENGE ENDS IN QUARTER-
 
FINALS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Scotland's last two survivors, Scott Gibson (Southerness) and Craigie Hill's Daniel Young, both lost in the quarter-finals of the South African amateur golf championship at Hermanus Golf Club on the Western Cape today.
Gibson lost at the 20th to the defending champion, Thriston Lawrence who went on to reach Friday's
36-hole final for the second year in a row. Nobody has won this title two years in a row since Teddy Webber 36 years ago.
Lawrence will play another South African, Altin Van der Merwe in the final.
Young lost to James du Preez 3 and 2 in the quarter-finals. Du Preez lost by one hole to Lawrence in the afternoon semi-finals in which Van der Merwe beat Marco Steyn 3 and 1.

SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Hermanus Golf Club, Western Cape.

QUARTER-FINALS
Players from S Africa unless stated
A Van der Merwe bt G Roux at 19th.
M Steyn bt L Taylor at 21st
T Lawrence bt S Gibson (Sco) at 20th
J du Preez bt D Young (Sco) 3 and 2.

SEMI-FINALS
Van der Merwe bt Steyn 3 and 1.
Lawrence bt du Preez 1 hole.

HEATHER MACRAE HAS FIVE BIRDIES IN A 73

CHRIS KELLY LYING SIXTH IN SPAIN

Chris Kelly shot a par 71 and his girlfriend Heather MacRae a 73 in the first round of the Spanish Evolve Tour 36-hole event, the El Valle Open, at El Valle Golf Club, Murcia today.
The Cawder tour pro had an eventual round with double bogey 6s at the eighth and 13th, birdies at the 11th and short 12th, capped by an eagle 2 at the par-4 14th to be joint sixth in a field of 73 at the halfway stage.
Kelly is two shots beind the trio sharing the lead on 69 - William Harrold (England), Florian Fritsch (Germany) and Wales' Bradley Dredge.
Heather MacRae's round was also a bit of a roller-coaster. She had five birdies - at the fifth, seventh, eighth, 10th and 12th, offset by a double bogey 6 at the first and bogeys at the third, ninth, 14th, 15th and 17th.
The Gleneagles staff pro is joint 14th.
The third Scot in the field, Paul McGhee is joint 38th on 79.

EL VALLE OPEN
El Valle GC, Murcia, Spain
FIRST ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 71
69 W Harrold (Eng), F Fritsch (Ger), B Dredge (Wal)
70 D Booth (Eng), R Van Uden (Net) (am).
SELECTED SCORES
71 C Kelly (Sco), A Kearney (Ire) (T6)
73 Heather MacRae (Sco) (T14)
79 P McGhee (Sco) (T38)

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TSHWANE OPEN FIRST DAY ENDS EARLY WITH PLAY SUSPENSION

DYSON SHARES LEAD WITH A 65

IN SOUTH AFRICA
 

REPORT FROM EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
An explosive finish from Simon Dyson handed the Englishman a share of the lead with home favourite Trevor Fisher Jnr on seven under par on the opening day of the Tshwane Open.

At 7,964 yards, the Ernie Els-designed Copperleaf Golf and Country Estate is the longest course on The European Tour, but Dyson carded a flawless round of 65 to sit alongside Fisher Jnr, who still had two holes left to play when play was suspended for the day due to the threat of lightning in Centurion.

Dyson notched birdies at the second and fifth holes on the front nine and collected another shot at the tenth, but it was at the 15th where the 36 year old really hit his stride.

A birdie there was followed by another after a pitch to within a foot at the 16th, before a 15 foot putt at the 17th completed a hat-trick of gains.

And Dyson signed off in style by holing from 25 feet at the last to set the pace, with his compatriot Ross Fisher and four more South Africans in Erik Van Rooyen, Jared Harvey, Darren Fichardt and Danie van Tonder all tied in third place on six under par.

“It was really nice,” said Dyson, who captured the last of his six European Tour titles at the 2011 KLM Open.

“Putting has been the let-down for the last few weeks, but me and my caddie had a chat about what I’m doing wrong. We spent about an hour and a half on the putting green yesterday, and I managed to get a good feel for it.

“I holed a good six footer for par at the first and then about a 40 footer for birdie at the second, and that was it – I was off and running.

“It’s a lovely start. It’s my lowest round in a good few years, especially on the first day. It just puts you in a nice frame of mind, and sets it up nicely to have a good weekend.”

Fisher Jnr will have to set an early alarm on Friday, when play will resume at 6.45am. Like his co-leader, Fisher Jnr is yet to drop a shot at Copperleaf, and the South African will hope to add to his seven birdies in his remaining two holes. 

Earlier in the day, Fisher had made an excellent start as he chases a first European Tour win for four years.

A four-time winner between 2007 and 2010, the former Ryder Cup star carded a six under par 66. Having started on the back nine, Fisher turned in a blemish-free 32 before carding a bogey at the first hole.

However, a run of four consecutive birdies from the fifth hole – including a 20 foot putt at the seventh – saw him hit the top of the leaderboard, only to drop a second shot of the day at the last after failing to get up-and-down from just off the green.

“I got into a nice steady run with four birdies in a row on the front nine, which was my back nine,” said Fisher. “Unfortunately I dropped one at the last, but I can’t complain too much with six under.

“The course is pretty soft after all the rain we’ve had, but if you drive it well then you’ll have a lot of looks at birdie.

“My game feels in good shape coming off the back of a good result in South Africa a couple of weeks ago. I don’t know what it is, I just enjoy playing down here and I seem to play quite well.”

 

Incomplete Round 1 Scores

 (Players from S Africa unless stated. Numbers in brackets are holes played in

rounds still to be completed)

Par 72

-7 Simon Dyson (ENG), Trevor Fisher Jnr [16]

-6 Jared Harvey, Ross Fisher (ENG), Erik van Rooyen, Darren Fichardt [17], Danie van Tonder [17]

-5 Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN), Chris Wood (ENG), Shiv Kapur (IND), Morten Orum Madsen (DEN) [17], Kristoffer Broberg (SWE) [15], Kevin Phelan (IRL) [14]

-4 Daan Huizing (NED), Magnus A Carlsson (SWE), Anthony Wall (ENG), Shane Lowry (IRL), Jean Hugo, Ricardo Santos (POR), Carlos Del Moral (ESP), Jacques Blaauw, Maximilian Kieffer (GER) [15], Jake Roos [15]

-3 Heinrich Bruiners, Ruan de Smidt, Jorge Campillo (ESP), David Howell (ENG), Michael Hoey (NIR), Brandon Pieters, Jack Doherty (SCO), Andy Sullivan (ENG), Peter Whiteford (SCO), Merrick Bremner, Thomas Aiken [17], James Morrison (ENG) [13]

-2 Mark Foster (ENG), Robert Rock (ENG), Toto Thimba, Tyrrell Hatton (ENG), Justin Harding, Christiaan Basson, Jbe' Kruger, Haydn Porteous, George Coetzee, Adilson Da Silva (BRA), Mikko Korhonen (FIN), Joel Sjoholm (SWE), Soren Hansen (DEN), Adrian Otaegui (ESP), Paul Waring (ENG), Alejandro Canizares (ESP), Oliver Bekker, Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND), Nacho Elvira (ESP) [17], Edoardo Molinari (ITA) [15], Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) [15], Graham van der Merwe [15]

-1 Bryce Easton, Shaun Norris, Doug McGuigan, Jaco Van Zyl, Hennie Otto, PH McIntyre, Warren Abery, Andrea Pavan (ITA), James Kingston, Louis de Jager, CJ du Plessis, Pablo Martin Benavides (ESP), Colin Nel, Titch Moore, Vaughn Groenewald, Connor Arendell (USA) [17], Jaco Ahlers [17], Neil Schietekat [16], Jens Dantorp (SWE) [16], Tjaart van der Walt [14], Tyrone Mordt [14]

Par David Drysdale (SCO), JB Hansen (DEN), Andreas Harto (DEN), Soren Kjeldsen (DEN), Gregory Bourdy (FRA), James Kamte, Daniel Brooks (ENG), Thomas Pieters (BEL), Omar Sandys, Callum Mowat, Patrik Sjoland (SWE), Andrew Curlewis, Jamie McLeary (SCO), Alex Haindl, Keenan Davidse, Michael Jonzon (SWE), Lyle Rowe, Wallie Coetsee, Justin Walters [16], Tyrone Ferreira [15], Matthew Baldwin (ENG) [15], Graeme Storm (ENG) [14], Brinson Paolini (USA) [13], Gert Myburgh [13], Grant Veenstra [12]

+1  J J Senekal, Dean Burmester, Charl Coetzee, Romain Wattel (FRA), Tommy Fleetwood (ENG), Niclas Fasth (SWE), Marc Warren (SCO), Ulrich van den Berg, Allan Versfeld, Michael Hollick, Alan McLean (SCO), Michiel Bothma, Richard Bland (ENG) [17], Oliver Fisher (ENG) [16], Ross McGowan (ENG) [14], Francois Calmels (FRA) [14], Peter Lawrie (IRL) [14], Tyrone Ryan [12]

+2 Damien McGrane (IRL), Hendrik Buhrmann, Chris Swanepoel, Eddie Pepperell (ENG), Chris Doak (SCO), Garrick Porteous (AMA) (ENG), Divan van den Heever, Keith Horne, Simon Wakefield (ENG), Johan Carlsson (SWE), James Heath (ENG) [17], Estanislao Goya (ARG) [16], Martin du Toit [16], Lindani Ndwandwe [15], Ryan Cairns (ZIM) [14], Sam Walker (ENG) [13], Ryan Strauss [13], Morne Buys [12]

+3 Peter Karmis, Gareth Maybin (NIR), Roberto Lupini, Jose-Filipe Lima (POR), Gregory Havret (FRA) [16]

+4  Scott Jamieson (SCO), Dylan Frittelli, Grant Muller, Robert Dinwiddie (ENG), Mikael Lundberg(SWE)

+5 Dawie Van der Walt [16], Stuart Manley (WAL) [14], Nic Henning [13]

+11 Yubin Jung, Sipho Bujela

 

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ASIAN TOUR REPORT AND TOP SCORES

KHAN STILL IN CHARGE AT SAIL OPEN

NEWS RELEASE FROM ASIAN TOUR

New Delhi: Rashid Khan of India overcame a double bogey to shoot a three-under-par 69 as he kept a firm grip of the SAIL-SBI Open at the halfway stage on Thursday.

The pencil-thin 23-year-old, who opened his campaign with a stunning 61, struggled with an outward 37 but charged home with an eagle and two birdies on his home course, the Delhi Golf Club.

His two-day total of 14-under-par 130 kept him ahead of Bangladeshi star Siddikur Rahman (67), Mithun Perera of Sri Lanka (68) and Australia’s Unho Park (65) in the US$300,000 Asian Tour event.
HALFWAY LEADERS
Par 144 (2x72) Yardage: 6,928
130 Rashid KHAN (IND) 61-69.

134 Siddikur RAHMAN (BAN) 67-67, Unho PARK (AUS) 69-65, Mithun PERERA (SRI) 66-68.

135 Martin ROMINGER (SUI) 72-63.

136 Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 70-66, Digvijay SINGH (IND) 68-68.

137 S.S.P CHOWRASIA (IND) 68-69, Scott BARR (AUS) 67-70, Akinori TANI (JPN) 66-71.

138 Sanjay KUMAR (IND) 68-70, Steve LEWTON (ENG) 68-70, Mukesh KUMAR (IND) 70-68, Shamim KHAN (IND) 68-70, Javi COLOMO (ESP) 71-67, George GANDRANATA (INA) 68-70.

139 Anura ROHANA (SRI) 73-66.

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EDINBURGH AND EAST OF SCOTLAND ALLIANCE MEMBER-GUEST COMP

DUDDINGSTON DUO SCOOP TOP PRIZES 

AT EYEMOUTH 

REPORT BY ALAN GREENSHIELDS

Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance

The East Alliance member-plus-guest invitational better-ball event took place this week in Berwickshire where 45 teams competed for the Richardson and Brownlee Trophy at a well prepared Eyemouth course where the kind weather continued for our season.

The Duddingston duo of member Iain Stavert and guest Stuart Smith convincingly secured the trophy with a nett score of 65 and also the best scratch score on the day with a four-under-par better ball of 68.

Second net prize went to David Nicolson (Craigielaw) with his guest Graham Muir (Kingsknowe) on 67.

Third were Robert Marshall (Greenburn) and his guest Stephen Buntin (Polkemmet) on 70.

No fewer than 10 teams followed one shot behind with net 71s.

With the 'Duddy Duo' securing the trophy and top handicap prize on the day, the top scratch prize was allocated two ways with one under par scores to the combinations of Neil Henderson (Renaissance) with his fellow Renaissance guest Diane  Brown and the team of  Alan Reid (West Lothian) with his fellow West Lothian guest Paul Dick.

Next week we head for our penultimate outing at Broomieknowe before the annual East Championships take place at Gullane on March 

 26.

 SCROLL DOWN FOR PRIZEWINNERS'
LIST AND LEADING  SCORES

Alan Greenshields

Secretary/Treasurer

Edinburgh and East of Scotland Golfers' Alliance

Overall Winners		Iain Stavert (Duddingston) and tuart Smith (Duddingston)				65
Scratch	Prize	Member	Club	Guest	Club	Score
1st=	£35 each	Alan Reid	West Lothian	Paul Dick	West Lothian	71
1st=	£35 each	Neil Henderson	Renaissance	Diane Brown	Renaissance	71
3rd=	£10 each	Alan MacKay	Kingknowe	Scott Finlay	Liberton	73
3rd=	£10 each	Andrew Oldcorn	Kings Acre	Colin Binnie	Ratho Park	73
3rd=	£10 each	Liam Allison	Bathgate	Scott McCandless	Bathgate	73
3rd=	£10 each	Sandy Strachan	Deer Park	Keith Wilson	Deer Park	73
Handicap	Prize	Names	Club	Guest	Club	Net
1st	£60 each	Iain Stavert	Duddingston	Stuart Smith	Duddingston	65
2nd	£45 each	David Nicolson	Craigielaw	Graham Muir	Kingsknowe	67
3rd	£30 each	Robert Marshall	Greenburn	Stephen Buntin	Polkemmet	70
	Invitational Better Ball - Eyemouth                SCRATCH RETURNS 1 Iain Stavert    Duddingston    Stuart Smith    Duddingston    68 2 Alan Reid    West Lothian    Paul Dick           West Lothian    71 3 Neil Henderson    Renaissance    Diane Brown    Renaissance    71 4 David Nicolson    Craigielaw    Graham Muir    Kingsknowe    71 5 Alan MacKay    Kingknowe    Scott Finlay    Liberton                  73 6 Andrew Oldcorn    Kings Acre    Colin Binnie    Ratho Park    73 7 Liam Allison    Bathgate           Scott McCandless    Bathgate                  73 8 Sandy Strachan    Deer Park    Keith Wilson    Deer Park    73 9 Graham MacKay    Melville G C    Ricky Myles    Prestonfield    74 10 Steven Doyle    Liberton            Sam Harris    Leven                  74 11 Callum Nisbet    Bathgate            Gordon Nisbet    Bathgate             74 12 George Wither    Duddingston    Andy Hunter    Newbattle    75 13 Steven Dunsmore Falkirk Tryst    Robin Craw    Glenbervie    75 14 Robert Marshall    Greenburn    Stephen Buntin    Polkemmet    76 15 Scott Catlin    Greenburn    John McGlinchey    Greenburn    76 16 Paul Porteous    Uphall                Andy Meikle    Longniddry    76 17 John Denham    Torwoodlee    Murray Downie    Broomieknowe    77 18 Andrew Marshall Houston D R    John ??               Wishaw             77 19 Kieran Cooney    Bathgate            Ryan Boyle    Bathgate             77 20 Hinton Bootland Duddingston    Keith Millar    Duddingston    77 TOP NET SCORES 1  Iain Stavert    Duddingston    Stuart Smith    Duddingston    65 2    David Nicolson    Craigielaw    Graham Muir    Kingsknowe    67 3    Neil Henderson    Renaissance    Diane Brown    Renaissance    69 4    Robert Marshall    Greenburn    Stephen Buntin    Polkemmet    70 5    Alan Reid    West Lothian    Paul Dick    West Lothian    71 6    Graham MacKay    Melville G C    Ricky Myles    Prestonfield    71 7    Alan MacKay    Kingknowe    Scott Finlay    Liberton    71 8    Andrew Oldcorn    Kings Acre    Colin Binnie    Ratho Park    71 9    Gerry Wilson    Musselburgh    Colin Lyon    Musselburgh    71 10    Steven Doyle    Liberton    Sam Harris    Leven    71 11    Liam Allison    Bathgate    Scott McCandless    Bathgate    71 12    Callum Nisbet    Bathgate    Gordon Nisbet    Bathgate    71 13    Derek Fyfe    Duddingston    Damon Anthony    Duddingston    71 14    Jimmy Rankeillor    Baberton    Alastair Love    Mortonhall    71

SILVER LINING TO BAD NEWS FOR FORMER PGA CUP PLAYER

KNEE OPS THREATEN CRAIG 

MATHESON CAREER BUT HE WILL BE 

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We are offering an introductory rate for Golf Clubs until the end of April of £500 for a course flyover edited into a 15-20 minute video and polished off with the customer's choice and genre of royalty free music to showcase the club's facilities and surroundings, capturing the atmosphere and ambience of your beloved course.  
Check out:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ64c7cwjTNIvDxoFV4ejrg

https://www.facebook.com/clearvizionecosse

Official website will be up and running in the coming weeks.

Any readers of ScottishGolfView enquiring about our services or booking a shoot will receive a further discount and some free images with any orders placed whether it be for business or personal pleasure such as HD video and images of your beloved house, car or favourite monument or place.

look forward to helping with any inquiries you may have.

Craig Matheson

ClearVizion(Ecosse)

craig.math@hotmail.co.uk

07588 482909

FOOTBALL FIRST ON SUNDAY, MARCH 16 FOR ABERDONIAN

PAUL LAWRIE TO MISS MOROCCO EVENT

SO THAT HE CAN GO TO DONS' CUP FINAL

Ardent follower of the fortunes of Aberdeen

Football Club, Paul Lawrie has decided to go to Celtic Park, Glasgow for the Scottish League Cup final between the Dons and Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Sunday, March 16.
"It means I will mss out on the Hassan II Trophy in Morocco but it's been  14 years since the Dons were in a cup final and 19 years since they won a trophy so I can't miss the chance," says Aberdeen-born Paul.
"Whenever I'm at home and able to go to the football, I do. And a Dons' appearance in a cup final is one occasion I can't pass up.
"It's not as if I have a long-time association with the Morocco event and I don't feel as if I will be letting anyone down. I like Morocco and hope to play there in the future but it would have been a stand alone event for for me, so missing it lessens the impact.
"If the Scottish League Cup final hadn't been on in Glasgow, I would have played as it fitted in well to my schedule but one event won't make much difference in the season.
"With Aberdeen also going well in the Scottish Cup, there had been the chance of seeing the Dons in two finals this season but I'm definitely playing in Spain on the weekend of the Scottish Cup final which falls the week before Wentworth and there is no way I can miss that event as its in the midle of a busy period for me."